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Nick Hatz, Covered in Paint, 445 King Street, 10 November 2009

Nick Hatz, Covered in Paint, 445 King Street, 10 November 2009

a8817 Online No. 13

"I’ve had customers come in with a large lump of coloured concrete or a paint sample half the size of a grain asking ‘Can you colour match this?’ and we do."

Covered in Paint makes a paint called Living Colour that changes hue depending on the room temperature, and an eggshell paint that is coveted by interior designers.

This was once the site of a millinery shop that looked after ladies and children from top to toe. They sold straw hats and hosiery, and 'children's sox' were a speciality.

This building still retains its original 1910 entrance tiling and copper façade.